Sunday, May 22, 2011

Blooming in Britain

Spring is moving into summer, and the weather has grown warm, sunny, and dry in England!  In fact, it's the driest spring in fifty years here!  Undeterred, the plants are in full bloom, and with no rain to dissipate the pollen, that pretty much means the worst allergies in fifty years too!  Cooper has taken to sunbathing in the rear garden and eating grass salad, and then bringing all the allergens inside to our laps.  Seriously, click on the picture to make it bigger and check out all that white pollen on his face!
Cooper with pollen on his face!

Armed with Allegra, we've been making the best of the gorgeous weather, with the three of us spending lots of time gardening, grilling, and admiring the variety of surprise flora that has popped up everywhere.  We had no idea when we moved in in the winter how many plants there were!  I decided to circle the house and photograph all the different flowers we have in our front and rear garden:
Grape Hyacinths
Crimson Tree Flowers
Orange Poppy
Blue Fence Flowers
Yellow Tree Flowers
White Rose
Red Rose
Purple Climbing Flowers

And finally, a shot of a curled tendril on my cucumber plant, just because I thought it was cool-looking :)
Cucumber Curl
~Lindsay

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